Merrill

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Merrill

Lat: 74.83°N, Long: 117.45°W, Diam: 56.99 km, Depth: km, Rükl: (farside)

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LROC WAC image (No. M105304866ME). Calibrated by LROC_WAC_Previewer.

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(LAC zone 9A4) USGS Digital Atlas PDF

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Merrill

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Nomenclature

  • Paul Willard; American astronomer (1887-1961).
  • Maybe we could add George Perkins Merrill (1854-1929), American Geologist and contributor in the science of meteorites (see Bibliography below: G.P.Merrill's name is mentioned in the Sourcebook Project). - DannyCaes Jan 31, 2015
  • And who was A. S. Merrill? See lower part of this page (The Sourcebook Project). - DannyCaes Apr 14, 2015


Lettered craters

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Graphic color-coded LAC No. 9. Excerpt from the USGS Digital Atlas of the Moon.

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Bibliography


George Perkins Merrill (American geologist) in the Sourcebook Project (William R. Corliss)

- In Mysterious Universe, a handbook of astronomical anomalies (1979) :
  • Page 328: Additional Notes on the Question of Living Bacteria in Stony Meteorites (Sharat K. Roy, Popular Astronomy, 1937).


A. S. Merrill in the Sourcebook Project (William R. Corliss)

- In Lightning, Auroras, Nocturnal Lights, and related luminous phenomena (1982) :
  • GLA2-R37: Auroral Display April 14 (A.S.Merrill, Popular Astronomy, 1926).

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